Tower Light, September 9, 1953

Welcome Class of ’57 to State Teachers Editorially Speaking Each fall a familar set of faces is absent from the campus. In their places, we find others. Welcome new students! We at State Teachers hope you will enjoy your college days as much as we do. Many changes have occurred on the campus during the summer. The Student Center is to be dedicated next week, something we all have been anxiously awaiting. The Student Center will help to create the needed diver¬ sion from study but we cannot let the academic work become the diversion. There are three main areas of college life: academic, extra-curricular, and social activities. Each must be gJven a fair portion of your attention. To be a well-rounded student participate in your college activities along with your academic studies. You have already met a group of students who will help you with your problems — the Freshman Advisory Council. Your FAC Advisor is anxious to aid you in any way he 01 she possibly can. m.1.1. 53- 54 Student Leaders To serve in the capacity of student- leaders for the 1953-’54 school year the following students were chosen last year. Student Government Association Pi’esid Vice-- ent . James Addy President . to be elected Secretary . ! ! ! ” i ! ! ! i ! ! . Patti Tie, Losco asurer ~ Social гь . George Hohl ParlL a'rman . Pat Karl SQA \fentar*an . Donna Rinehart em )ers-at-Large . Dick McCall, Mary Jane Mack, Gus Bisbikes, Mona Lou Evans, Joan Carre ToWer Light Мапао--П . Mary Lou Louthan lnS Editor . Franny Torino lower Echoes fcsoci lrChi6f . Bernard Yaffe BusinesseMEdit°r . Rose Ann Provena Uass of 1954 President Vice - . , . Fred Ritter SecretarSU*en^ . K°n Reterson Treasurer . Dorothy Rybka Dorm s • . Keith Wilson Day g °.Cltd Chairman . Barbara Richardson °cial Chairman . Hallie Odgers Llass of 1955 President ^ . Tony Marchione Secretary ^ent . Mal Ewe11 Treasure,. . . Torino Dorm s ■ i . . Pat Skirven Dav ч °.Clld ^airman . Dione Crowther °cial Chairman . Carolyn Weil ^,ass of 1956 President yjCp . Richard Litsinger Secret^"1 . Phyllis Burke Treasurer . Nancy Green borm s • . Kltty Rodgers Day ч °Cla^ Chairman . Joan Robinson ^ ocial Chairman . Yvonne Miller г>) dent Christian Association . Janice Wickless Peeord6Sident . Keith Wilson porre *ng Secretary . Barbara Schaeffer TreaIP°nding Secretary . Elizabeth Kaiser L ^ l6r . Ken Wray P П S ^esident Council Hce-p®nt . Bob Kane 5ecretarSldent . Walter Weber Social pu . . Mai Ewell 3GA ft airman . Clarence Young °PJesentative . James Spitznas prG_: , s Resident Council resident vice.pj, . . Delores DeardofF SecretUfSlden^ . Mona Lou Evans Tieasur . Sue Cunningham SGA ft . Barbara Richardson Social pPr?Sen^ative . Sherry Mangold Parliani airn^an . Katie Fockler entarian . Jo Ann Arrington Presif Athlelic Association L. 'dent Vlce-nro . . . Tom Foster Secret. ,dent . Korb Bond гЭСГе^У ■ea*Ur . Gene Bennett L er . y. • • • • Phi Gray Piesiu S 'thletic Association L Sl(lent l Ce'Prp0; , . Sue Cunningham Pecretarydent . Dale Thomas . Beth Anderson TOWER LIGHT Vol. 7, No. 1 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON September 9* 1953 News Briefs Leadership Conference Saturday, September 12 will mark the third Leadership Con¬ ference to be held on campus. Stu¬ dent leaders of all organizations and class officers have been invited to attend. Guest speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Earle T. Hawk¬ ins, president of the college. Campus School Note Miss Fitzgerald of the Lida Lee Tall School will be away during the coming year. At the request of the University of Maryland, where she has been doing graduate work, she has been given a year’s leave of absence to work on a project. Miss Myrtle Vick, of North Carolina will teach the third grade this year on a one-year appointment sub¬ stituting during Miss Fitzgerald’s leave. Faculty Returns Miss Mary Catherine Kahl has returned from her year at the Uni¬ versity of Wisconsin, and will re¬ sume her position as a member of the social science department. Mr. Louis Cox will also return to the campus following a year’s study at the Columbia University, and will be on the science staff again this year. Receive Degrees Two of our faculty members re¬ ceived their doctor’s degrees this summer. Dr. Oliver Laine, (Ph.D from Clark University) and Dr. Genevieve Heagney, Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia Uni¬ versity). front of campus. This evening at eight there will be a get-acquainted party for both day and dorm stu¬ dents in the gymasium. A fashion shpw will be featured tomorrow in which FAC members will model their own clothes. In the afternoon, Dr. Earle Hawkins, president of the college, will greet the new students at their first as¬ sembly. The assembly will be fol¬ lowed by a faculty-student baseball game, dinner and a barn dance in the evening. A freshman talent show is in store for Friday evening along with a Glen Player’s production; this festivity will be held in Lida Lee Tall auditorium. Saturday after the testing is completed, the frosh will hike to Ridgely Farm with the advisors for a day of picnicing and games. In the evening, there will be a sing¬ song in the Glen. The Student Christian Associa¬ tion will take the new students to the church of their choice on Sun¬ day morning. In the afternoon, a bus tour of Baltimore — particularly for out of city students — will be conducted. To close Freshman week, the Student Christian Associ¬ ation will hold Vesper Service Sun¬ day evening in Richmond Hall parlor. M iss Murphy As New Dean Miss Orrielle Murphy has been appointed Dean of Students due to the resignation of Miss Anita S. Dowell. Miss Murphy, who has already Dean Murphy met some of the students on her visits to the campus plans to meet all students. According to the new Dean, “I am awfully glad to be here and I want to get to know everybody but you know it does take time.” A native of California, she re¬ ceived her bachelor’s degree from the University of California where she also took some graduate work. Her master’s degree is from Colum¬ bia University in New York City Ohio State Cite of NSA Meet Four Students represented the college at the National Students Association Congress on the Ohio State University campus in Colum¬ bus, Ohio during August. Faye Davis, past president of the Student Government Association and Patricia Losco, present secre¬ tary of the SGA attended the Stu¬ dent Government Conference from August 19 to September 2. Mary Lou Louthan and Frances Torino, Editor-in-chief and Manag¬ ing Editor, respectively, of the Tower Light, attended the editors conference from August 23 until August 26. They attended plenary sessions concerning such problems as an International Collegiate Press and the newspaper’s place in the college community. Students from colleges and uni¬ versities from all over the world were present at the conference. Every continent except Anartica and Asia were represented. Hood, Goucher, Loyola, Dunbar, Notre Dame, State Teachers Col¬ leges and Baltimore and American Universities constituted the Mason- Dixon Region. Takes Post Of Students where she is also receiving her doctorate this fall from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her undergraduate major was history, and her graduate study has been done in the fields of Social Science, Literature and Student Personnel w’ork. Miss Murphy’s first teaching was in high school in Livermore, Cali¬ fornia. She later taught in the Horace Mann School of Teachers College. Columbia University, and also for a time served in the ad¬ missions office and was coordinator of guidance for both the Horace Mann and Lincoln Schools at Col¬ umbia. She served as Dean of Stu¬ dents at Oneonta Teachers College from 1949 until 1952 at which time she did extensive work on her doctorate at Teachers College. She has had wide experience in working with students in various phases of student activities. Her personal interests include literature, and drama, nature study, cooking and gardening, and antiques. College Slates ''Center''Opening Dedication of the Student Center will take place next Tuesday Sep¬ tember 15 at 2 p.m. following an assembly in the auditorium. Governor Theodore McKeldin, the president of the State Board of Education, and the State Superin¬ tendent of Schools will all partici¬ pate in the program. The State Legislature, heads of various State Bureaus, and repre¬ sentatives of various civic and professional groups — a total of over 400 guests have been invited. More than 100 students have been asked to serve as receptionists, ushers and guides. This new Student Union, which costs approximately a quarter of a million dollars, includes the stu¬ dent offices, a new book shop, a con¬ fection section, a lounge and game room and a private dining room. Student center hours along with the rulea of Us use will be dis¬ tributed at the assembly next Tues¬ day morning. Bill Miller and a group of Student Leaders met throughout the summer to discuss furnishings and hours of the Union. Activity Schedule Wednesday, September 9, 5:30 p.m. — Freshman din¬ ner on campus Friday, September 11, 8:30 a.m.-4H)0 p.m. — Registra¬ tion for upperclassmen Saturday, September 12, 7:00 p.m. -9 :00p.m. — Special Reg¬ istration for students un¬ able to register Monday, September 14 — Classes Begin Tuesday, September 15, 2:00 p.m. — Convocation and Speical Dedication Pro¬ gram Ocotober 15, 16, 17 — State Teachers Association in Baltimore Friday, October 23 — High School Visiting Days Advisory CouncilSponsors Activities for Freshman Freshman Advisory Council has planned a detailed round of activities for the incoming students for the remainder of the week. A house meeting and a girl’s pajama party and a men’s stag affair was held last night. Included in today’s program is a dancing class sponsored by the council and a ball game in